FSTR vs. ZEUS, RYAM, IPI, PLL, TG, VZLA, DC, AVD, ATLX, and ODV
Should you be buying L.B. Foster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of L.B. Foster include Olympic Steel (ZEUS), Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Tredegar (TG), Vizsla Silver (VZLA), Dakota Gold (DC), American Vanguard (AVD), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), and Osisko Development (ODV). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Olympic Steel (NASDAQ:ZEUS) and L.B. Foster (NASDAQ:FSTR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Olympic Steel and Olympic Steel both had 2 articles in the media. Olympic Steel's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat L.B. Foster's score of 0.41 indicating that L.B. Foster is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
L.B. Foster has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.77%. Given Olympic Steel's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe L.B. Foster is more favorable than Olympic Steel.
Olympic Steel has a net margin of 2.06% compared to Olympic Steel's net margin of 0.27%. L.B. Foster's return on equity of 7.30% beat Olympic Steel's return on equity.
Olympic Steel has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, L.B. Foster has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
87.1% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of L.B. Foster shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of Olympic Steel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of L.B. Foster shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Olympic Steel has higher revenue and earnings than L.B. Foster. Olympic Steel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than L.B. Foster, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olympic Steel received 138 more outperform votes than L.B. Foster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.26% of users gave Olympic Steel an outperform vote while only 56.51% of users gave L.B. Foster an outperform vote.
Summary
Olympic Steel beats L.B. Foster on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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